Closed Churches

Yesterday's post showed the original 1866 congregations when Northern Indiana became a district and a list of 1882 churches with their memberships. Some of those churches have continued to the present day and others have closed. Here is a bit of information of the churches from 1882 which have since closed.

• Columbia City with 40 members in 1882 was disorganized in 1927. A new congregation was formed in Columbia City in 1961.
• Elkhart Church became West Goshen
• Flat Rock (Dekalb County) with 35 members in 1882 was disorganized in 1901.
• Little St. Joe - organized from a division of Cedar Creek in 1873 - with 35 members in 1882 was disorganized in 1914.
• Pleasant Hill became Agape
• Pleasant Ridge became Wawaka
• Pigeon River in Steuben County was organized in 1865 from English Prairie, had 88 members in 1882, and was disorganized in 1910.
• Portage organized in 1831 as the second congregation and the first building in Northern Indiana, later organized four other congregations from 1853 to 1870. Some members left with the Progressives in 1882 and was disorganized in 1921.
• Solomon's Creek became Bethany.
• Shipshewana with 107 members in 1882 was disorganized in 1938.
• St. Joseph disorganized in 1921.
• Springfield combined with Wawaka
• Tippecanoe with 140 members in 1882 moved to North Webster in 1922 and changed its name in 1929.
• Van Buren with 46 members in 1882 was located in LaGrange County. Closure uncertain.
• Washington with 162 members in 1882 changed its name to North Winona in 1919.
• Yellow River with 100 members in 1882 became Mount Pleasant.

Source: Planting the Faith in a New Land, Appendix 1